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Course: Business Ethics (0.5 Credit)
School of Business Management, NMIMS University
FTMBA- Capital Markets: 2009-2010 (Trim IV)
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Instructors:
Dr.Bala Krishnamoorthy, Professor Business Environment and Strategy, SBM
Contact: Extn.:85806; Email Id: balak@nmims.edu
Prof.Anita Chouhan;
Prof.Hemant Purandhare;
Prof.David Selvanathan
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Objectives:
To bring about an ability to recognize the ethical and moral dilemmas that arises in
human interactions at all levels.
To be able to broaden their perspective on moral stand, while taking decisions and be
empathetic to such problems.
The course provides specific inputs through participant centered learning methods

Evaluation Criteria (in %):

Assessment pattern
1. Class participation through case discussions 15 marks
2. Case 2 & 4 Session 10 10 marks
3. Final assignment 25 marks
Note final assignment Case 8 and Case 10 written answers to be submitted
NMIMS runs the software on all the assignment soft copies submitted and finds
any copying or downloading – reject the assignment

Session Details:

Session Topics Handouts / Activities

Nos.

1&2 Introduction Ethics reading material revisited 2009

Objectives of the course
Why Values & Ethics Chapter 1 and 2 from the text book
Person, Context & Culture
specificity Ethics –A basic framework 9-307
Defining Business Ethics 059
Stakeholder Typology
 3 Moral values and Professional
behavior
4, & 5 Ethical Dilemmas - The stakeholders
of a multinational corporation.
The values and ethics a multinational
corporation should follow
6 Responsibilities to Public/Society:
Human Rights
7 Institutionalizing Ethics in
Organisations
- Code of Conduct
8 Challenges in the work place and
accountability
9 Ethical Choices
10) Internal assessment marks based on
Article I Personal values and
professional responsibilities- 9-304-
070 HBS Joseph L.Badaracco
Article II Note on Human
Behaviour, character and situations
Nitin Nohria & Bridget Gurtler 9-
404-091
Note: Deception in Business- A legal
Perspective -9-306-091Lynn Sharp
Paine
Case Mattel and Toy recalls (B)
908M11
Questions
Case Yahoo! in China (609051)
Spangler distribution
ASSIGNMENT
1. Should Yahoo have provided
information on Shi Tao to the Chinese
government? Why or why not?
2. What were Yahoo’s responsibilities
in the situation?
3. What is your explanation of the
Chinese government’s internet
policy?
4. What, if anything, could Yahoo
have done differently to address the
situation? What should Yang do now?
5. In what ways is the Yahoo situation
similar to the
Shell case? In what ways is it
different
Chapter 4 the corporation Internal
Stakeholders
Article Discussions - Differences at
work –Leadership Challenges 9-609-
056
Chapter 6 Employee Stakeholder
and the Corporation
Case Martha McCaskey 9-403-114
Questions
Case - ISS AS (A) 9-308 054
Questions
Class discussions assessment and
 group discussions for case 2 and 4 in wrap up
the class room

Text book
Business Ethics A stakeholder and Issue Management Approach – Joseph Weiss,
Thomson Edition, India Edition, 2003

Recommended Books:

1) Chakraborty S. K. Values & Ethics for Organisations, OUP, 1998

2) Kenneth Blanchard, Power of Ethical Management, Sage, 1997
3) Norman Bowie (Ed) Blackwell Guide to Business Ethics, 2002